Improvement in temporary binders



E. M. PHILLIP-S.

TEMPORARY BINDER. N0.180,7Z7. Patented Aug. 8,1876.

NPETERS. PHOTO-LITNOQRAPHER, WASHINGTDN, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD M. PHILLIPS, OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN TEMPORARY BINDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 180,727, dated August8, 1876; application filed September 11, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD M. PHILLIPS, of Little Rock, in the county ofPulaski and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Temporary Binders; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, "reference being had to the ac companying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to binding magazines, pamphlets, or other books, inan outside cover; and it consists in the construction of bingestrips toform the connection between the cover and books, and in the combinationof parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawing, Figure 1 shows an open book embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a section of the same through the line as w, ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section, showing a mode of fastening thehinge strips to the books. Fig. 4 is an enlarged section of one side ofthe cover.

A A represent the two sides, and B the back, of a book-cover made in anyof the known and usual ways. C 0 represent two strips, made of canvas orother suitable material, each formed of a single piece, and formed withtwo bends at a and b the entire length of the strips. These strips areattached, by pasting or any other suitable means, to the sides of thecover, along their inner edges. In the other edges of the strips 0 isinserted stiffening d, as shown, and the strips are then fastened to thebook D by any suitable fastening.

As a cheap, convenient, and durable fastening, I use wires G G, each ofwhich is bent at one end to form a loop, 1", with the body of the wireextending therefrom in the center at right angles. The other end, h, ofthe wire, is pointed or sharpened, and passed through the book andstiffened edges of the strips 0, and then bent as shown in Fig. 3.

It will be seen that each strip forms a hinge, a b, which, when the bookis closed, folds between the back B of the cover and the back of thebook, and when the book is opened allows the book to stay open at anyleaf desired, so that they are not strained, and giving free play to thecovers.

This method of binding books is especially applicable for home binding,but may be used for binding any books desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with the cover A B, the strip 0, each formed of asingle piece, and each provided with the two joints a b, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with the cover A B, the strips 0, each formed of asingle piece, and each provided with the two joints or b, and stiffeningd, and wires Gr, having loopf and point h, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aifix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD M. PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

WM. B. UPPERMAN, F. H. DUFFY.

